Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
MacGruber is by no means a work of genius, or a piece of art, or even very good. But Forte and company have managed to make crude and lewd dunderheadedness laugh-out-loud funny here and there, and that, I guess, is something of an achievement.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
24 May 2010
rotten:
While it would be unfair to saddle MacGruber with the "worst SNL movie of all-time" moniker (I can think of at least two that are more painful to endure), its place on the vaunted 2010 Worst 10 list is assured.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
24 May 2010
rotten:
You need a great character to make a bad thing good, and the action comedy MacGruber is sadly short on great characters.
– Ruth McCann,
Washington Post,
24 May 2010
rotten:
Some of these two minute sketches look a little thin at 87 to 92 minutes.
– Michael Phillips,
At the Movies,
1 Jun 2010
rotten:
A film that poses a philosophical question fundamental to our inquiry here, namely: "Why does this exist?"